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Ms Julie Minns vs Alberto Costa

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Alberto Costa voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 354 different votes 362 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
35 Aye 47 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 649
Participation
81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
263
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
47.3% of votes cast
245
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
5
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

202
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
Appearances
21
-60.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Contributions
22
-120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£291,572
29% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
29
7 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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